CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF SMART GROWTH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

This study evaluates transportation supply and performance indicators for 13 metropolitan areas to test the hypothesis that a smart growth transportation system--one that features a more dense and well-connected network of streets, shorter block sizes, and extensive transit service--will result in fewer vehicle trips and miles of travel, less congestion, and decreased vehicle emissions as compared to a conventional suburban transportation system. The study also evaluates changes in traffic congestion over time for a set of metropolitan regions with stable or declining population, growing urban area, and increased road supply.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The symposium proceedings are available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Ang-Olson, J
  • Ecola, L
  • Santore, M K
• Conference:
  • 2nd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work
  • Location: Anaheim, California , United States
  • Date: 2003-7-28 to 2003-7-30
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 24p
• Monograph Title: 2ND URBAN STREET SYMPOSIUM: UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN, OR SMALL TOWN: DESIGNING URBAN STREETS THAT WORK, JULY 28-30, 2003, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Metropolitan areas; Smart growth; Traffic congestion; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance indicators
• Subject Areas: Design; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00989161
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 7 2005 12:00AM